419 scam: "Mr. Tim Power" <web3@holdjinn.com.tw> GOOD MORNING

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "hundred thousand us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Tim Power" <web3@holdjinn.com.tw>
Reply-To: timpower49@ymail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 21:48:43 +0100
Subject: GOOD MORNING

Dearly beloved,

My name is Tim Power, I am an Assistant Exchange Manager of the United Bank Ouaga, Burkina Faso, and I have a profiling amount in excess of $1.300 million US Dollars, which I seek you to accommodate for me. I need your assistants and support to transfer the sum of one Million three Hundred Thousand US Dollars out of the United Bank Ouaga, to your bank account in your country. You will be rewarded with 40% of the total sum for your partnership and support. Can you handle this?

SOURCE OF FUNDS:

This is abandoned money and it belongs to our late customers Mr. Anthony Ducker, A British Business Tycoon Who died with his family in plane crash. He left his contract sum unclaimed in the finance security company for safe keeping and without any beneficiary.

YOUR ROLE:

All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the above mentioned sum and I will re-profile the funds with your data, which will enable the financial security company to transfer the sum to you. I have decided to use this sum to relocate to the American continent for investment in good business. The whole process of the transaction will take up to 7 days for a successful completion of the fund transfer to your bank account in your country. After the successful transfer of the fund to your bank account, I will visit you in your country for share of the $1,300.000.00, according to the percentage indicated.

The transaction has to be concluded as soon as I confirm your readiness to proceed with me; I will provide you with more details on how to execute this transaction.

Thank you very much.

Regards,
Tim Power

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